L'academie

As a Cordon Blue cooking school/restaurant this restaurant has big shoes to fill. They do so admirably! The food, flavors, and presentation are marvelous...there is definitely no shortage of...

First, I think it's important to remember what L'Academie is: this is Scottsdale Culinary Institute's casual, bistro-style restaurant. As such, every encounter with staff is an encounter with a...

Arrived early to ask the host questions regarding my food allergies, and to my dismay, most of the seafood dishes were off-limits due to shrimp stock inclusion in the cream sauces. Since this is...

Eating at a cooking school was a novel experience for me, and one I'm glad I did. We did have a really hard time finding the place, since the building number was obscured by a tree. We found it by...

I was seated at the bar. A very nice young man was working the bar an provided good conversation. I was offered a DELICIOUS chicken, bacon, bleu cheese amuse. Yum! I ordered a pine nut pesto...